and the American South to begin work in the coalfields of West Virginia, where mines were opened in remote areas that often lacked existing towns. Coal companies established towns and imposed a ...

I am white, and come from a small, rural, coal mining town in West Virginia. Mingo County is one of the places reporters from papers like the Washington Post have targeted for opinion polls, a place ...

An almost 600-acre mountaintop removal coal mine operated by the Justice family was suspended by the West Virginia Department ...

WILLIAMSON, WV (WOWK) – If you travel to the town ... Coal House began as an idea from O.W. Evans, the general superintendent ...

State regulators pulled a permit for a surface mine tied to West Virginia Republican Sen. Jim Justice's family, citing a ...

GHENT, WV (WVNS) — West Virginia’s coal mining industry has faced some monumental mining disasters, with some of the worst occurring during the 1900’s. According to West Virginia Archives ...

“There’s almost zero reason to be completely optimistic,” says Ted Boettner, executive director of the West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy. “It’s a disservice to coal-mining ...

president of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy. “The Forest Service failed to consider that converting a National Forest road to a heavy-use coal haul road would have direct environmental ...

which commemorates the Monongah Mine Disaster of 1907, but one hasn’t taken place recently. He wants to see one return. Davis is adamant about preserving West Virginia’s coal heritage.

and the American South to begin work in the coalfields of West Virginia, where mines were opened in remote areas that often lacked existing towns. Coal companies established towns and imposed a ...